279-Norse Sagas: Prince Ali

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, Arts, Books, History

4.8 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The story of Spotted Ali, from the Icelandic sagas, has werewolves, ogre battles, and witch curses. It also has parents doing the right thing (and then the wrong thing for way too much cash), enemies becoming friends if they can keep on doing enemy stuff, and why you should always be polite to people who help you out: you don't know which ones might be actual trolls.

The creature this week is the Kibaan, a chill hairy guy who will play music for you...providing you don't try to steal his child.

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Music:

"A Certain Lightness" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Bridgewalker" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Clouds at Castor Ridge" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Persimmon" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Ewa Valley" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Sals Piano Solo" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Tapoco Critter" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Onyx" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Zelus" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends it's a nice landic story of werewolves trolls dream monsters and
0:07.0	Stinky husbands the creature this time's a little guy in the forest who will pull your hair and steal your food
0:13.2	But only if you're average looking
0:21.2	This is Myths and Legends episode 279
0:24.2	Prince Ali
0:29.7	This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore some are incredibly popular stories
0:35.2	You might think you know but with surprising origins others are stories that might be new to you
0:39.8	But are definitely worth listen today's story is a saga from late medieval Iceland called the saga of spotted Ali
0:47.4	It's supposedly an early snow white variant but with werewolves trolls and nightmare on Elm
0:54.1	Street my first time through I honestly didn't see anything resembling snow white in the story
0:59.1	We'll talk about it at the end and maybe you will anyway the story takes place not in Iceland
1:04.7	But in England, but a version of England where everyone has Icelandic names
1:08.9	We'll catch up with a king about to take a three-year-long work trip and a queen with some exciting news
1:28.9	Sobjort the queen turned to King Rekarthir she had news
1:33.4	He was packing that's great, but he had to catch the ret new heading out of the city
1:38.0	He was king of England and he was gonna visit his barons and all that it was a big naval expedition
1:42.7	He'd be gone for three winters
1:44.7	Could it wait?
1:45.9	Sobjort smiled and stroked her abdomen
1:49.3	It could wait it could wait
1:52.6	Nine months the king turned to a queen
1:56.2	for Carthor said they she she was pregnant
	...

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